AUBURN, Alabama -- Offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler saw plenty of areas Auburn needs to improve before the Tigers take on Mississippi State this weekend.

Auburn missed too many opportunities on Saturday, a trend Loeffler knows has to change soon.

"When you get into these big games that we're about ready to enter into, the game normally comes down to three or four plays," Loeffler said. "When those three or four plays arrive, you've got to make them."

Emory Blake and Philip Lutzenkirchen got the bulk of the receiving duties, but that wasn't by design.

"We actually called plays to spread the ball, all based on coverage," Loeffler said. "There was a few times that other guys were eliminated in the progression because of what they did, and Kiehl had to go elsewhere."